Improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads



E. HUNTER & n VANSICKLEL Wardrobe Bedsteads.

AM. FHOTWUTHUBRAPHIC co. u.( osaamvs's mosses) UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EDWARD HUNTER AND DANIEL VAN SIOKLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WARDROBE-BED STEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,316, dated May 27, 1873; application filed November 16. 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD HUNTER and DANIEL VAN SIoKLE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Folding Bedstead, of which the following is a specification Figurel is a front elevation of our improved bedstead, showing it folded together. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view, showing the bedstead extended. Fig. 4.

is a horizontal section on the line 0 c, Fig. 2.

and both nearly of same length. The part A, having the. head -rest 12, is slightly longer than B, so that the head-rest may overlap the foot-rest d when the bedstead is folded to geth er. When thus folded together the edges 0 e, which are contiguous in the extended bed, are at the bottom of the folded bedstead or imitation bureau, as shown in Fig. 2. Dowelpins f f, and correspondingrecesses, are formed on the edges 0 6, respectively, to aid in holding the extended bedstead firm and secure. The bottom f of the part B is finished with moldings and panels to constitute an ornamental front to the imitation bureau. The bedstead is supported by three sets of legs, 9, h, and i. y

gether these foot-legs are turned and rest against the sides of both parts A B, at their upper parts, and serve to lock them together. This is effected by the tenon j, at one end of t, entering the recess in B, and by a dowel-pin, m, at the other end of t, entering a socket in A, as shown in Fig. 4:. The screw 1 secures the piecei in place.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I The clampingscrew 1, foot-legs t' provided with the tenon j and dowel-pin m, in combination with the two hinged and folding parts A and B of the bedstead, as and forthe purpose specified.

EDWARD HUNTER. DANIEL VAN SIOKLE. 

